ArnoldLayne

Damn it, you went fishing! Perhaps the only Pink Floyd track teetering between official and unofficial! So, let’s clarify a bit: first of all, the cover you chose should belong to a collection of tracks performed at the BBC in 3 sessions between '68 and '69, and the version of The Embryo (with the article) included there is indeed the one recorded for the first time on December 2nd, the same one found on "Works"; the live at Farfield Halls in Croydon should be from the 18th, not the 16th of February; the fact that the organ fell doesn’t seem truthful, moreover it seems that only Wikipedia reports this news, which I don’t find credible; for sure the organ broke and the three played without Wright for about fifteen minutes, and the final duration of The Embryo, the absolute longest, was 27 minutes and 15 seconds, and it’s an absolutely fantastic version, present both on the bootleg "One of those days," which includes the entire concert in Cincinnati, and on the bootleg "Obscurity" (with wrong date and place on the cover), which is a double with the concerts in Cincinnati and Waterbury (later, from '73); at least in these bootlegs, which I have, it's definitely there, and there may be others floating around. Furthermore, several fans remember that the Floyd downed a bottle of Wild Turkey on stage during the Cincinnati concert :D. As for "Raving and Drooling," I don’t think I’ve heard of it before June 18, 1974; I believe that in that improvisation there’s rather an embryonic version of "On The Run," I’ll look for it now and give it a listen. It’s unclear why Pink Floyd wanted to exclude The Embryo from their albums, it’s a fantastic piece; some say it should have ended up on More, but that seems strange to me since Schroeder's proposal came right in December '68 when the song had already been composed. Probably, after the making of More, the change of direction from the four led them to keep the piece only live for a while; on the other hand, it would have sounded a bit out of place, in my opinion, on Ummagumma and the subsequent albums. Even stranger is why it was never performed live in '69, while they did so quite often in both '70 and '71, only to completely abandon the piece and focus on Dark Side. The ratings: 4 stars for the studio version, a bit more than 5 for the live one. Sorry if I’ve gone on a bit, but you know, it’s about Pink Floyd :D Anyway, excellent choice, guys, compliments for your command of the language (if it’s true you’re only 16) and for the almost completely correct sources. You’ll go far! Don’t criticize him, he’s young and has chosen a track that hasn’t been discussed here on Debaser yet, honor and credit.

It is true that these albums you have mentioned owe a great deal to one of the greatest bands of the '70s: the immense Kansas.

Great!

yes

This is already better.

Paradise Lost has already been released. They only created a masterpiece, The Divine Wings, while the rest of the albums are significantly inferior, featuring plagiarisms, self-plagiarisms, and repeated clichés. Except for Allen, almost always. I agree with you, 2.5.

Nice review, but I have a feeling that they might be too extreme for me.

Well, it's not like Cremonini is that different :D

dazed at a thousand

bj msn plz :)